Four-strong SAV Pubs is the latest company to undergo a pre-pack administration, writes Paul Charity.
The company, which was founded in 2004 and run by Australian Mark van der Goot and his wife Sharlyn, had four Punch leasehold pubs in south-east London.
Its sites are now run by the same management, under the auspices of a new company called Boomerang Pub Company, which was incorporated last year.
Among it sites are the Greyhound pub in Battersea High Street, a favourite lunch spot for Andrew Lloyd-Webber.
Vittorio Maschio, who supplies fresh pasta to the pub group through his company Vima Limited, said: “We need to have a change in the law.
“This is happening far too often and when it does there is nothing to protect small suppliers like myself. I am between £700-£800 out of pocket, which may not sound like a huge amount but to a small business it is a lot. It happened with Tom Aikens’s restaurant. I am very annoyed.”
SAV Pubs also owned The Rosendale on Rosendale Road, and pubs in West Wickham and Bromley.
SAV Pubs had a turnover of around £2m in its most recent year.
The administrator was Grant Thornton.
